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Oracle Linux: CVE-2023-5171: ELSA-2023-5428: thunderbird security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Sep 26, 2023 | Oct 5, 2023 | Dec 3, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Sep 26, 2023
Added
Oct 5, 2023
Modified
Dec 3, 2025
Description
During Ion compilation, a Garbage Collection could have resulted in a use-after-free condition, allowing an attacker to write two NUL bytes, and cause a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.
A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: During Ion compilation, a Garbage Collection could have resulted in a use-after-free condition, allowing an attacker to write two NULL bytes and cause a potentially exploitable crash.
A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: During Ion compilation, a Garbage Collection could have resulted in a use-after-free condition, allowing an attacker to write two NULL bytes and cause a potentially exploitable crash.
Solutions
oracle-linux-upgrade-firefoxoracle-linux-upgrade-firefox-x11oracle-linux-upgrade-thunderbird
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